
ON FATHERS AND PATRIARCHS
CAN A BOY WHO GROWS UP IN A PATRIARCHAL SETTING EVER BECOME A GOOD FATHER? *The views expressed in the article are the author’s and do not necessarily reflect the views of K2.0 or RDN 2.0 A political debate regarding reproductive freedom and assisted fertility took place in Kosovo’s Assembly in mid March after a new draft …

Monthly monitoring highlights: a range of hateful discourse throughout March
Throughout the month of March, the RDN monitoring team has detected a range of hateful narratives and discourse. Transphobia and Homophobia in Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina In Albania, Syri TV’s morning show called ‘Kafe Shqeto’ invited a member of the queer community in Albania – Luana Myrto – a transgender woman as well as …

THE INVISIBLE BURDEN ON WOMEN JOURNALISTS
NEW REPORT CONFIRMS WIDE SCALE SEXISM IN KOSOVO’S NEWSROOMS. The majority of journalists reporting from the field on most Kosovar television networks are women. They even report in dangerous situations, such as during the recent tensions in the north of Kosovo. They do it all: protests, parties, vox-pop and more. More noteworthy is that over …

WHY DOES SERBIA GROW MANY A SAPIC AND JUST THE ODD GARY LINEKER
Manipulating the myth of Kosovo, the politics of Aleksandar Vučić has enabled public/media discourse to become consumed with hatred towards vulnerable groups (women, the LGBTQ+ population, people of different religious and political affiliations) and almost completely devoid of empathy and solidarity. When former British footballer and current sports presenter Gary Lineker tweeted about the UK …